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The rise of Yusef Salaam
New York City has been known for two sensational media moments in the past few decades involving Donald Trump and the Central Park Five. Both have been synonymous with the city that never sleeps. Back in 1989, Trump was a real estate magnate known for extravagance and opulent ways but not known for taking political stands, Wall Street was wilding out with Gordon Gekko-type greed, and a jogger in Central Park was brutally attacked and raped.
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